Who was the only person to KO Sergio Martinez?

[freedom213]

martinez will be hit harder then he has ever been hit before when he fights pavlik im interested to see how he handles the pressure and power of pavlik. with williams it was just pressure but now in this fight he will have to deal with both. also i dont understand the comparison that many on this site have made between martinez and hopkins they are two completely different fighters who bring completely different dimensions to a fight from their size skill level style experience ect if you think martinez wins thats your opinion and im sure you could make an argument why but please dont mention the hopkins fight as a reason.

i see what your saying but i think it was more of hopkins being the smarter boxer and also being much stronger then kelly thought. i dont see martinez being able to handle pavliks strength and pressure like the bigger stronger hopkins did. i dont think sergio is as slick as he is made out to be either he does get hit and will trade when pressured as williams showed.

I agree no comparison stylistically between Hopkins and Sergio. Hopkins knew exactly what to do with Pavlik, followed his game plan, proved to be stronger and his defense was close to perfect that night. Im not big into giving credence to fighters excuses but Pavlik claimed to be ill with some kind of bad cold er the flu that night. Whatever the reason Hopkins beat his ass in way that Martinez cant even imagine.

[cubano11]

I guess 17 pro fights and 3 years is not enough time to get some kind of read on a fighter. Truth be told I haven't seen the fight(have you?), but fighters styles are usually somewhat the same at 17 fights and 40 fights. I still think that the fact that Margarito is the only guy to KO him is worth something when looking at this upcoming fight. I never said this makes Pavlik a lock to win. I have stated from the day the fight was signed that I wouldn't be surprised if Kelly loses, and I'm probably one of his biggest fans on this site.

you can find that fight (Martinez vs Margarito) at Paneldeboxeo.com

[KJB]

Thats an interesting point. Another interesting point is that come fight night Sergio is gonna be 35 years old, and hes also gonna be the smaller man coming in. Dont get me wrong, the guy has a good chance, but this isnt Bernard Hopkins. Kelly just might put a beating on him.